wakeful

English

Alternative forms

  • wakefull (obsolete)

Etymology

From wake +‎ -ful.

Adjective

wakeful (comparative more wakeful, superlative most wakeful)

  1. Awake; not sleeping.
  2. Sleepless.
  3. Vigilant and alert; watchful.
    • 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 29:
      “Be wakeful, Beowulf, against our foe.”

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